(also be holed up)phrasal verbphr v informalHIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEto hide somewhere for a period of time 躲藏
in/with/at
The gunmen are still holed up in the town.
那几个持枪歹徒仍然躲在镇上。
Examples from the Corpus
hole up• The gangholed up in a cheaphotel for a few weeks.• The FBI believes that Richards is holed up on an estate in Colombia.• We were all planning to hole uptill the troubleblew over.